Directional Bias For The Day:

• S&P Futures are lower;
• The odds are for a down day – watch for break above 2913.75 for change of fortune
• Key economic data due:
  • ISM Manufacturing PMI ( 51.2 est.; prev. 51.2 ) at 10:00 AM
  • Construction Spending  (0.3% est.; prev. -1.3%) at 10:00 AM
  • ISM Manufacturing Prices ( 47.6 est. ; prev. 45.1 ) at 10:00 AM
  • IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism ( 55.4 est.; prev. 55.1)

Markets Around The World

• • Markets in the East closed mixed – Shanghai, Tokyo and Singapore closed up; Hong Kong, Sydney, Mumbai and Seoul closed down
  • European markets are lower
  • Currencies:

• Commodities:
  

  Up	Down
  NatGas Gold Silver Platinum Sugar	Crude Oil Copper Palladium Coffee Cotton Cocoa

• Bonds
  • 10-yrs yield closed at 1.489%, down from August 29 close of 1.516%;
  • 30-years is at 1.954%, down from 1.979%
  • 2-years yield is at 1.512%, down from 1.528%
  • The 10-Year-&-2-Year spread is at -0.023 down from -0.015
• VIX
  • Is at 19.79, below day’s open, up from August 30 close of 18.98; above 5-day SMA 19.26
  • Recent high was 21.64 on August 28; recent low was 15.51 on August 21

Key Levels:

• Critical support levels for S&P 500 are 2905.67, 2898.79 and 2890.03
• Critical resistance levels for S&P 500 are 2913.32, 2916.21 and 2926.46
• Key levels for eMini futures: break above 2913.75, the high of 2:00 AM and break below 2901.50, the low of 7:30 AM

Pre-Open

• On Friday, at 4:00 PM, S&P future closed at 2923.25 and the index closed at 2926.46 – a spread of about -3.00 points; futures closed at 2924.75 for the day; the fair value is -1.50
• Pre-NYSE session open, futures are lower – at 8:30 AM, S&P 500 futures were down by -15.75; Dow by -168 and NASDAQ by -34.75

Directional Bias Before Open

• Weekly: Uptrend Under Pressure
• Daily: Uptrend Under Pressure
• 120-Min:Up-Side
• 30-Min: Down-Side
• 15-Min: Down-Side
• 6-Min: Side

The trend and patterns on various time frames for S&P 500:

Previous Session

Major U.S. indices closed mixed on Friday, August 30 in mixed volume. NASDAQ Composite and Russell 2000 closed down. Dow Jones Transportation  Average and Russell 2000 traded in lower volume. Most indices closed below their open.

For the week, the major U.S. indices closed higher in mixed volume. All S&P 500 closed higher for the week.

From Briefing.com:

The stock market finished little changed on Friday in a lackluster session before the holiday weekend. The S&P 500 (+0.1%) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.2%) finished just above their flat lines, while the Nasdaq Composite (-0.1%) and Russell 2000 (-0.1%) finished slightly lower.

[…]

U.S. Treasuries finished slightly higher in a muted session. The 2-yr yield declined two basis points to 1.50%, and the 10-yr yield declined one basis point to 1.51%. The U.S. Dollar Index advanced 0.3% to 98.81.

[…]

• Personal income increased 0.1% m/m in July (Briefing.com consensus +0.4%), which was weaker than expected thanks to a 1.8% decline in personal interest income, but personal spending increased a stronger-than-expected 0.6% (Briefing.com consensus +0.5%). The PCE Price Index and core PCE Price Index, which excludes food and energy, were both up 0.2%, which was also expected.
o The key takeaway from the report is that consumer spending is solid and inflation is stable, albeit at below-target levels. All in all, there isn’t a lot of ammunition in the report for the Fed to fire off a 50-basis points rate cut at its September meeting.
• The final reading for the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment for August was revised down to 89.8 (Briefing.com consensus 92.4) from the preliminary reading of 92.1. The final reading for July was 98.4. The difference in final readings between July and June was the largest point drop since December 2012.
o The key takeaway from the report is the understanding that tariff issues are weighing more heavily on consumer sentiment, which threatens to temper discretionary spending activity in the months ahead.
• The Chicago PMI increased to 50.4 in August (Briefing.com consensus 48.2) from 44.4 in July.